Chapter 22: A Conversation Under the Stars

Later generations will always mention the occurrence of a major event when mentioning the ninth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, or the eighteenth year of the Tang calendar. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info on the third day of November in the ninth year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty began his glorious hundreds of years of colonial era, and the founder of this era is undoubtedly the eldest grandson.

It's just that many earth-shattering days recorded in history were really ordinary days in the eyes of people at the time. Later, this day was recorded as Thanksgiving Day by the Tang Dynasty, which was really unremarkable for the protagonist Changsun Tang.

On this day, the eldest grandson mainly did the following work: getting up and going to the toilet (oh, I won't mention this later, everyone just has it by default.) ), exercise, breakfast, chatting with Wu Yuanqing, lunch, and continuing to chat with Wu Yuanqing (there may have been an adulterous affair between the two. Seeing Ge Feng's appearance, he rescued a sailor who was bitten by leeches, and continued to chat with Wu Yuanqing (mainly to accept Wu Yuanqing's taunts and counter-taunts.) Dinner, continue to chat (this time it was a different person, it was Wang Tiedan, but it was over after only two sentences.) ）

And then......

Then the sun went down, and the moon, oh no, it's the third day of the new month, and there is no moon, only stars in the sky.

History and life always like to make all kinds of jokes, sometimes we think it is a very important day or person or thing, and only after it will we find that it is just a fart; And sometimes, inadvertent details can make us remember for a lifetime, or even several lifetimes.

The content after the comma at the end of the previous paragraph refers specifically to people like Changsun Yu.

The eldest grandson who was lying on the deck didn't think much of the scene when he and his mother went to work in the field for the first time in his previous life: his mother turned the ground with a big hoe in front, and he turned the ground with a small hoe in the back.

At this time, the eldest grandson was already in tears.

Footsteps sounded, and the eldest grandson hurriedly wiped away his tears.

"Why are you crying?" At this time, there was no one else who could come up except Wu Yuanqing.

"No, it's just a little windy, and it seems to be raining." The eldest grandson hurriedly said.

"It's raining?" The eldest grandson made Wu Yuanqing a little puzzled, and couldn't help but look at the sky, the deep black sky wanted a huge black curtain, hiding everything in the heaven and earth, the twinkling stars kept blinking mischievously, and the Milky Way was shining in the sky.

"yes, it's raining." Wu Yuanqing also replied.

People under the stars are always a little fragile and helpless, like a lonely child, who can only rely on that little bit of light to find the distance where he will go.

At the same time, under the starry sky, people's hearts will also be opened, especially when there is no light pollution.

The two of them were silent together, and lay on the deck, letting the hot and humid sea breeze blow their clothes.

"Why aren't you sleeping yet?" The eldest grandson asked.

"Can't sleep, what about you?" Wu Yuanqing replied.

"Me too." Then there was silence again.

"What did you just think of? I mean when it rains. Wu Yuanqing deliberately explained, but this explanation is redundant.

"No, I just thought about when I was younger." Eldest grandson, this can be regarded as telling the truth.

"And your mother?" Wu Yuanqing asked.

"Yes." If Wu Yuanqing asked this sentence before, the eldest grandson would not admit it if he was beaten to death, this is really a bit embarrassing, they are all such adults, and they still think so much when they go out, so they will definitely be made fun of. But since the eldest grandson had an epiphany, he has lost his face, and these are no longer things.

"What about you?" The eldest grandson asked rhetorically.

"Me too." In view of the good performance of the eldest grandson, Wu Yuanqing also subconsciously told the truth.

"I don't have a mother, I think I should die, but what do you think?" The eldest grandson said a pun, not to deceive people, but to cover up.

"I also lost my mother when I was very young." Only then did the eldest grandson remember the fact that Wu Yuanqing and Wu Rou Wushun were not brothers and sisters of the same mother, but it seemed to be a little late.

"I'm sorry." Changsun Tang rarely said this, and this was the first time he said it to Wu Yuanqing.

"It's nothing, these are all years ago, my mother hopes that I can grow up, whether I have a chance or not, every time my father wants to beat me because I can't memorize a book, my mother always says this to my father." Wu Yuanqing wiped his eyes.

"Why is it raining again!" The eldest grandson muttered to himself.

"Yes, the weather here is really weird, it's raining in this starry sky." Wu Yuanqing received.

There was silence again.

"What about you?" After the silence, Wu Yuanqing asked.

"My mother is the same, but she is much stronger than your mother, and I know that sometimes I can't get used to me......" Changsun Tang didn't finish speaking, and wiped his eyes again, it seemed that the rain had been falling.

"I mean, do you have any plans for the future?" Wu Yuanqing asked.

"Let's take a step at a time, but I know that there are a lot of spices and a lot of copper mines not far from here, so let's develop these first." Eldest Sun Tang had already planned to tell Wu Yuanqing these things, but he happened to ask today, so he might as well say it together.

"You mean there's a lot of wealth all over the ground? Are you sure? It seemed that the rain had stopped, and Wu Yuanqing immediately sat up straight.

"Yes, I'm sure." The eldest grandson said categorically.

This is a desolate land, and there are countless treasures in the desolate land, but it is not easy to get the treasure smoothly.

For Datang, copper is a very important thing, basically equivalent to currency. And China itself is a place where copper is scarce, and the largest copper mine is still in Yunnan, which is not yet under the control of the empire, and even if it is controlled, it is a very difficult task to transport it from Yunnan to Xichuan to Chang'an through Hanzhong.

The gold and copper mines in the Philippine archipelago, not far from here, are huge, and the cost of sea freight is much less than that of overland. This is the short-term goal of Changsun Tang.

As for the medium-term goal, this is the abundant plant resources here, and the rubber plantation must be planted on a large scale, which is related to the invention and popularization of automobiles. There will also be another huge sugar production area, already a kingdom of spices.

Any of these points are the wealth of a rich country, but none of them can be accomplished by the eldest grandson on his own.

If you can't reap enough benefits, then it seems to be a good idea to use these to lure those big families and make them turn their eyes away from the land around them.

Wu Yuanqing didn't know that from the beginning of the conversation between him and Changsun Tang under the starry sky, the Wu family had been firmly tied to Changsun Tang's chariot...... (To be continued.) )